17lb 8oz common from the mere!!

here is a picture of a common carp that i caught in may 2009 from the mere at 16lb 10oz ,and then im 99% sure that it was the same fish again in august 2010 at 17lb 8oz.it had 1 scale missing the first time i landed it and the same scale missing from the same side the second time i landed it.these pictures coincidentaly are from the second time i landed the fish

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as you can see the person taking the picture wasnt experianced at using the camera and so unfortunatly the images of my personal best carp came out as the above